Beaumont, TX
Stop on the proposed 17,000-mile maglev network. Next stop: Pasadena, TX (70.3 mi).
About Beaumont
Beaumont is a city in the U.S. state of Texas. It is the county seat of Jefferson County, within the Beaumont–Port Arthur metropolitan area, located in Southeast Texas on the Neches River about 85 miles (137 km) east of Houston.
Source: Wikipedia summary (full article). Population and facts as published there.
Cost breakdown (proposal-scale estimates — see math)
| Item | Basis | Estimate |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal construction | Mid-size terminal — 200K–1M catchment ($1–2B range) | $1.5B |
| Land acquisition | Regional factor 1.2× on $200M base | $240M |
| Track: Beaumont → Pasadena | 70.3 mi × $500M/mi | $35.1B |
| Annual operations (share) | Staffing, power, maintenance | $30M/yr |
| Stop total (excl. annual ops) | $36.9B |
Best terminal location (proposed)
the downtown Beaumont transit center near I-10. Beaumont Transit's existing hub gives day-one bus connections. The refinery corridor workforce — Port Arthur, Port Neches, Orange — commutes through this point. The terminal captures the full Golden Triangle in one catchment.
Before / after
Aerial mock-up (illustrative, not an engineering rendering). Left: the proposed site today. Right: with the maglev terminal.
- Winnie — Chambers County town on I-10 west.
- Mont Belvieu — I-10 corridor city in the energy belt.
- Baytown — I-10 industrial hub at the Houston-metro approach.